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ludicrously 音标拼音: [l'udəkrəsli] ad. 滑稽地;可笑地 滑稽地;可笑地 ludicrously adv 1: so as to arouse or deserve laughter; " her income was laughably small, but she managed to live well" [ synonym: { laughably}, { ridiculously}, { ludicrously}, { preposterously}] Ludicrous \ Lu" di* crous\, a. [ L. ludicrus, or ludicer, from ludus play, sport, fr. ludere to play.] 1. Adapted to excite laughter, without scorn or contempt; sportive. -- Broome. [ 1913 Webster] A chapter upon German rhetoric would be in the same ludicrous predicament as Van Troil' s chapter on the snakes of Iceland, which delivers its business in one summary sentence, announcing, that snakes in Iceland -- there are none. -- De Quincey. 2. Ridiculously absurd. [ PJC] Syn: Laughable; sportive; burlesque; comic; droll; ridiculous. Usage: { Ludicrous}, { Laughable}, { Ridiculous}. We speak of a thing as ludicrous when it tends to produce laughter; as laughable when the impression is somewhat stronger; as ridiculous when more or less contempt is mingled with the merriment created. -- { Lu" di* crous* ly}, adv. -- { Lu" di* crous* ness}, n. [ 1913 Webster]
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